Woman's dress

Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Welles) (American, 1784–1826)

1815–20

Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave crepe with silk satin trim, metal hooks, silk plain weave lining (bodice)

DimensionsCenter back: 135.3 cm (53 1/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent

Accession number49.874

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InscriptionsWritten in ink on fabric label sewn inside bodice: "Dress Mrs. B. Welles, Boston, 1822-25, marked by her granddaughter G. W. Sargent 1906"

ProvenanceWorn by Mehetable Stoddard Sumner (Mrs. Benjamin Welles) (1784-1826) of Boston; Inherited by her granddaughter Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA 1949